Trump's controversial coronavirus adviser Atlas resigns
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas resigned on Monday.
Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no background in infectious diseases who had supplanted Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top federal public health officials as one of Trump's top medical advisers, was reaching the end of his 130-day term as a “special government employee,” according to the official.
Fox News, where Atlas first caught Trump’s eye before the president appointed him to a paid advisory role in the White House, initially reported the news.
Atlas spoke with the president Monday, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
Atlas did not respond to a request for comment.
-ABC News' Ben Gittleson